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London welcomes 2022 with spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks display

Fun VLOG December 31, 2021
London welcomes 2022 with spectacular New Year's Eve fireworks display
The famous display had previously been cancelled for the second year (Picture: Reuters; PA; BBC)

London welcomed 2022 with a spectacular display featuring fireworks, drones and a light show.

People were urged to enjoy the celebrations from the safety of their own homes, with details withheld to try and prevent crowds gathering amid the ongoing surge in Omicron cases.

The famous fireworks display had been cancelled for a second year in a row due to ‘uncertainty’ surrounding the pandemic.

But London Mayor Sadiq Khan revealed on Friday that the spectacle had been given the green light to go ahead with just hours to spare.

Big Ben at midnight, January 1 2022 (Picture: BBC)
Big Ben at midnight (Picture: BBC)
Pyrotechnics go off to mark the start of the year 2022, just after midnight, by the Millennium Bridge going over the River Thames, backdropped by the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. The usual New Year's Eve London firework display by the London Eye ferris wheel was cancelled for the second year running to stop crowds gathering during the UK's current coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Fireworks go off by the Millennium Bridge (Picture: AP)
A light display to mark the New Year is seen over St Paul???s Cathedral, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, January 1, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
A light display over St Paul’s Cathedral (Picture: Reuters)
Lights illuminate the night sky over the Old Royal Naval College in London after the capital's normal New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture date: Saturday January 1, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
Lights illuminate the night sky over the Old Royal Naval College (Picture: PA)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 01: Drones create patterns in the sky above the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich to bring in the New Year on January 01, 2022 in London, England. The countries that make up the UK have differing covid measures in place over the festive period. In Scotland, a maximum of 500 people can attend outdoor events where physical distancing of one metre is in place meaning the traditional Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations have been canceled. The rule-of-six in regulated premises, such as bars, restaurants, cinemas and theatres, was reintroduced in Wales on Boxing Day along with the closure of nightclubs. In England, the government has not introduced any new measures. (Photo by Rob Pinney/Getty Images)
Drones create patterns in the sky above the Old Royal Naval College (Picture: Getty)
A light display to mark the New Year is seen over St Paul???s Cathedral and the Millenium Bridge, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, January 1, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Lights illuminate the Millenium Bridge (Picture: Reuters)
A light display to mark the New Year is seen over St Paul???s Cathedral and the Millenium Bridge, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, January 1, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Crowds watch the display (Picture: Reuters)
A drone display illuminates the night sky over the Old Royal Naval College in London after the capital's normal New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture date: Saturday January 1, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
A drone display over the Old Royal Naval College (Picture: PA)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 01: A laser show illuminates on the Millennium Bridge as people celebrate the arrival of the year 2022 on January 1, 2022 in London, England. While Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland face tougher Covid-19 restrictions over the New Year period, England has chosen to permit social gatherings but has cancelled some events, such as the planned celebrations in Trafalgar Square. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
England permitted social gatherings but has cancelled some events, such as the planned celebrations in Trafalgar Square (Picture: Getty)
Fireworks and drones illuminate the night sky over the Old Royal Naval College in London after the capital's normal New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture date: Saturday January 1, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
Fireworks and drones over the Old Royal Naval College (Picture: PA)
The year 2022 is illuminated at the top of a skyscraper, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, January 1, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
The year 2022 is illuminated at the top of a skyscraper in London (Picture: Reuters)

Speaking to Sky News, he promised a ‘live spectacular broadcast showing the defining moments of 2021 and showcasing some of the best things to come next year’.

With the UK consistently reporting record daily rises in the number of new coronavirus cases, all four nations urged people to take a test before heading out and to celebrate cautiously.

But while Prime Minister Boris Johnson has so far resisted implementing further restrictions over and above the current Plan B measures, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all done so.

W8media People celebrate new years in Piccadilly Circus as one man is arrested for letting off fireworks. W8Media
People celebrate New Year’s in Piccadilly Circus (Picture: w8media)

Hogmanay celebrations were cancelled across Scotland for a second year.

Before Christmas, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urged people to ‘stay at home as much as possible’.

Despite the rules, about 1,000 people of all ages climbed to the top of Edinburgh’s Calton Hill to make the traditional countdown to the bells at midnight.

New limits on large public gatherings forced the cancellation of New Year’s Eve street parties, for the second year, including the one planned for Edinburgh which attracts tens of thousands of people.

Hogmanay street parties across Scotland were cancelled, with crowds at outdoor public events capped at 500 since Boxing Day, for at least three weeks, and numbers at indoor public events limited to 100 standing or 200 seated.

Nightclubs have been shut in all three devolved nations, but remain open in England.

Reports suggested revellers from Wales and Scotland could just nip across the border for a New Year’s knees-up.

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